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that's all for fox 5 news at 6:00. stay with us. anita is at 7:00. bye.
that's all for fox 5 news at 6:00. stay with us. anita is at 7:00. bye.
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peggy fox is live with more on the landmark today. peggy. >> i tell you, driving through tyson's while it's been frustrating, negotiating this metro rail construction. it has also been interesting watching this aerial guideway go up. about a half mile that way where the project reaches the dulles toll road, the last piece, the 40-ton piece was put into place. >> see that higher concrete segment on the right? it is slowly, very slowly being lowered into place. the process takes about 40 minutes. >> everything has to fit together. at the end of the day, we have to run a train across there and there can't be anything. >> it is the final piece of the concrete and steel track bed, or guideway for phase one of the dulles rail project. >> guideway is connected from end to end. from the existing orange line to the station. >> the 12 miles of phase one has been under construction for more than two years now. it includes three miles of aerial guideway, constructed with reenforced concrete segments. >> instead of using traditional cranes, which
peggy fox is live with more on the landmark today. peggy. >> i tell you, driving through tyson's while it's been frustrating, negotiating this metro rail construction. it has also been interesting watching this aerial guideway go up. about a half mile that way where the project reaches the dulles toll road, the last piece, the 40-ton piece was put into place. >> see that higher concrete segment on the right? it is slowly, very slowly being lowered into place. the process takes about...
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. >> reporter: i'm peggy fox where the search warrant has been filed in a mysterious county murder. it happened in gainesville where they seized a white t- shirt, a blackberry cell phone, and some shredder. >> and that is a good friend like sarah. it is a significant loss. >> reporter: they wrote the night before they were murdered, it help lead police to the apartment. the 48-year-old was found dead in the burning remains here of her rented home and in the county's upperville. the sheriff was a news reporter for the winchester star. who previously worked at the democrat, where she went to the statewide award for the coverage of 9/11. >> and so i came in and i said, well, does anybody here know sarah? i saw a bunch of facebooks all lit up. oh yeah. you know, my heart sank. and because i didn't have the same. that's all she had. you know, she may have died in the house fire. >> reporter: peggy fox, 9news now. >>> in florida, a new trial date has been set for the man accused of shooting to death the washington redskins during the burglary in miami and that happened back in 2007. the t
. >> reporter: i'm peggy fox where the search warrant has been filed in a mysterious county murder. it happened in gainesville where they seized a white t- shirt, a blackberry cell phone, and some shredder. >> and that is a good friend like sarah. it is a significant loss. >> reporter: they wrote the night before they were murdered, it help lead police to the apartment. the 48-year-old was found dead in the burning remains here of her rented home and in the county's...
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but as peggy fox reports from a rally in arlington, those cuts will happen if congress does not act. >> a few hundred employees who work for local defense contractors are rallying to save their jobs and stop massive cuts in their industry. it is called a rally to stop sequestration. it could mean 2 million job losses across the country and about 160,000 job losses in the d.c. area alone. >> i'm here because we are concerned about jobs. more so we are concerned about the security of our nation. >> it was never really meant to be a policy. it was meant to be a hammer. >> virginia governor kept his speech nonpartisan. the looming se sequestration cuts. >> it's unbelievable that we are facing this, this late in the year for something that starts early next year. >> a year ago, congress passed a threatening measure. come up with a plan, but the super committee failed and those cuts are coming january 2 if congress doesn't act. >> this problem goes away with one simple thing. balance. so long as the other side puts revenue on the table, then we'll have a balance of spending cuts and revenu
but as peggy fox reports from a rally in arlington, those cuts will happen if congress does not act. >> a few hundred employees who work for local defense contractors are rallying to save their jobs and stop massive cuts in their industry. it is called a rally to stop sequestration. it could mean 2 million job losses across the country and about 160,000 job losses in the d.c. area alone. >> i'm here because we are concerned about jobs. more so we are concerned about the security of...
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. >> i'm peggy fox in fredericksburg. scene of that building collapse where more than 20 people survive. new information tonight reveals it was more than just quick thinking and luck that saved him. >> i saw the ceiling get peeled off and i saw the 30 feet of brick wall. >> it was a microburst that brought down the building on top of heath mullins. he and his wife had been watching his daughter's cheerleading practice. >> the window popped through and everybody go now. >> they all ran into the only room that is still standing, which is made of concrete and steel. it was part of cheer fusion's emergency plan. a plan everyone knew. >> we had a plan and everybody listened to the plan. nobody argued. >> after getting everyone into the safe room, he was trapped outside. >> i never cried that hard in my life. >> relief came soon when they saw heath beat up, but alive and talking. he is just glad it was him out there and not the girls. >> if those girls hadn't been in there, we could have had deaths yesterday. >> in fredericksbu
. >> i'm peggy fox in fredericksburg. scene of that building collapse where more than 20 people survive. new information tonight reveals it was more than just quick thinking and luck that saved him. >> i saw the ceiling get peeled off and i saw the 30 feet of brick wall. >> it was a microburst that brought down the building on top of heath mullins. he and his wife had been watching his daughter's cheerleading practice. >> the window popped through and everybody go now....
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peggy fox is live in arlington now with more. peg? >> reporter: well, i tell you what, this neighborhood is lucky they just got their power back on. power crews from ontario left about 45 minutes ago and everybody around here had a big smile. let me tell you it's been a rough six days. a cluster of homes here on kenmore street in clarendon have had to do without. they've been using coolers and ice to keep a small amount of food cold. they've been shutting cartons during the day and opening windows at night. this woman was prepared with her battery powered radio and she borrowed electricity from a neighbor who had it to run her fan. outside crews from ontario, canada worked all day today replacing two poles that had crashed down. they were behind the homes and it took a while to get back there and replace those things. one resident used her smartphone for food. >> i had like $9 in cash and i used all of that for gasoline because that was cash only. then i discovered my favorite starbucks over here at virginia square, they were 100% ope
peggy fox is live in arlington now with more. peg? >> reporter: well, i tell you what, this neighborhood is lucky they just got their power back on. power crews from ontario left about 45 minutes ago and everybody around here had a big smile. let me tell you it's been a rough six days. a cluster of homes here on kenmore street in clarendon have had to do without. they've been using coolers and ice to keep a small amount of food cold. they've been shutting cartons during the day and...
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in fredericksburg, peggy fox, 9news now. >> what an incredible story. arlington county police say they are following several leads in their search for a hit- and-run driver who killed a pedestrian. the incident happened about 5:30 this morning on southbound route 110. investigators believe the victim was hit while he was in the middle of the road. police identified the man as 62- year-old robert shepherd of lawrence, massachusetts. his girlfriend back in massachusetts reported his missing about two weeks ago. >>> coming up tonight at 7:00 on 9news, a five-year-old boy becomes a hero when his dad collapses from a seizure. hear the 911 calls to help save his father. >> and still to come in this half hour, house republicans work to make good on a promise to appeal the president's healthcare reform law. topper. >> not too bad. temperatures in the upper 80s. we'll take you out with live doppler 9,000. nothing severe, but one heavy storm inbetween manassas and lorton. that's headed off to the south and east. we'll tell you when the heat will return. >> but fi
in fredericksburg, peggy fox, 9news now. >> what an incredible story. arlington county police say they are following several leads in their search for a hit- and-run driver who killed a pedestrian. the incident happened about 5:30 this morning on southbound route 110. investigators believe the victim was hit while he was in the middle of the road. police identified the man as 62- year-old robert shepherd of lawrence, massachusetts. his girlfriend back in massachusetts reported his missing...
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peggy fox reports. >> just south of where those potomac river cruise parks, the city of alexandria is considering a proposal to build a five story, 121 room hotel right on the water. a group called friends of the alexandria waterfront is against it. >> it's too big, too high, too much bulk, and it does not conform in terms of its shape with the waterfront plan. >> the developer is car hospitality and the site is the old cummings warehouse. alexandria's waterfront plant allows for hotels, the zoning would have to be changed because current zoning does not allow for hotels. >> there's going to be a will the of traffic. i just think that it is going to be too much for this community to bare. we have brack we are dealing with up the street. just because it is in d.c., it's quaint and homey and it's going to rob it of that. >> opponents say car is not planning adequate parking facilities. not all the neighbors are opposed to building a hotel here on the waterfront. some think it would be a nice addition to replace what they call an eyesore. >> i think it would add greatly to the beauty. i
peggy fox reports. >> just south of where those potomac river cruise parks, the city of alexandria is considering a proposal to build a five story, 121 room hotel right on the water. a group called friends of the alexandria waterfront is against it. >> it's too big, too high, too much bulk, and it does not conform in terms of its shape with the waterfront plan. >> the developer is car hospitality and the site is the old cummings warehouse. alexandria's waterfront plant allows...
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we are so happy to be back, and start our new life. >> peggy fox, 9news now. >> amelia earhart was born 115 years ago today. members are trying to find out what happened to the explorer and heading back to hawaii empty handed. the $2.2 million expedition left earlier this month, 75 years after earhart started her final flight. it was try to find evidence that she crashed and lived there for several years. nasa says a large inflatable heat shield has passed an initial test. that shield was launched at a nasa facility in virginia. it survived a trip through earth's atmosphere while traveling at speeds up to 7600 miles an hour. that shield is part of a project designed to come up with better ways to protect nasa spacecraft from the stresses of reentry. >>> meantime, scientists are trying to get to the bottom of a freak event in greenland this month. check out these image frs nasa. on the left, an image of the ice taken on july 8. the difference you see is the amount of melting ice. wow. in fact, nearly every part of the massive island started to melt. something similar happened in 1889. sc
we are so happy to be back, and start our new life. >> peggy fox, 9news now. >> amelia earhart was born 115 years ago today. members are trying to find out what happened to the explorer and heading back to hawaii empty handed. the $2.2 million expedition left earlier this month, 75 years after earhart started her final flight. it was try to find evidence that she crashed and lived there for several years. nasa says a large inflatable heat shield has passed an initial test. that...
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the company made enough changes to receive a conditional safety rating, but as peggy fox reports, this latest crash may cause the company some more problems. >> reporter: the six passengers in this supershuttle van never made it to dulles airport. the driver hit a barrier, then crashed into an audi. five people were injured including one woman who had to be medevaced to a nova fairfax hospital. the wreck is reminiscent of a supershuttle crash last august that killed human rights activist suvash darnell. the driver was charged with reckless driving and a 9 news now investigation revealed in the previous months supershuttle had apparently recorded him speeding 66 times. several drivers also told us fatigue is a constant problem because they often work 16 to 24 hours straight. >> safety. >> reporter: the washington metropolitan transit commission regulates those supershuttle vans. that crash last year and our investigation prompted the commission to conduct its own review and just last march it gave supershuttle an unsatisfactory safety rating. if the company didn't fix its problems, the
the company made enough changes to receive a conditional safety rating, but as peggy fox reports, this latest crash may cause the company some more problems. >> reporter: the six passengers in this supershuttle van never made it to dulles airport. the driver hit a barrier, then crashed into an audi. five people were injured including one woman who had to be medevaced to a nova fairfax hospital. the wreck is reminiscent of a supershuttle crash last august that killed human rights activist...
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watch peggy fox's story on that very topic at wusa9.com. derek. >> lesli, maryland's governor is calling the legislature back into a highly unusual special session, all to resolve the issue of expanded gambling. it will happen on august 9, and scott broom is in annapolis tonight where the focus is on the relentless push to put a vegas style casino on the banks. >> at stake for prince georges county, as many as 2,000 permanent jobs and as much as $69 million a year in revenue to help solve the county's unending budget crisis. >> i feel good about the construction of what is coming out there. i feel confident that the citizens of prince georges county will vote overwelmingly for six cycles because they understand. >> baker was gambling. who sought the entire state budget held hostage by the gambling debate in april, forcing a crisis special session in may. he vowed never again. >> when we adjourned, that was kind of a low point in my service here, and i want to put those states behind us. i want to resolve this issue so we can move forward. t
watch peggy fox's story on that very topic at wusa9.com. derek. >> lesli, maryland's governor is calling the legislature back into a highly unusual special session, all to resolve the issue of expanded gambling. it will happen on august 9, and scott broom is in annapolis tonight where the focus is on the relentless push to put a vegas style casino on the banks. >> at stake for prince georges county, as many as 2,000 permanent jobs and as much as $69 million a year in revenue to help...
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. >> in arlington county, peggy fox, 9 9news now. >> we did not find much of it in prince georges county. in fact, by noon, police were directing traffic at just one intersection. but the story on the roads was far different in montgomery county. and that's where we sent scott broom, who spent his whole day on the road. scott. >> well, i have some pretty disappointing news this afternoon. it's just the number of lights that are still out and the rate that they are being brought back online is really disappointing to a will the of motorists here in montgomery county. mid-morning, the county announced 240 lights were out at intersections like this one at veers mill and broadwood in rockville. 240 right now, they just issued some new numbers. they are down to only 200. they brought 40 intersections back online. they have 90 of them staffed by officers right now. here's how some motorists reacted to coming to these four way stops today. >> i'm a little nervous. >> one go, one go, and i go. but when i go, they still -- >> the lucky ones had portable stop signs standing in. >> do you trust the
. >> in arlington county, peggy fox, 9 9news now. >> we did not find much of it in prince georges county. in fact, by noon, police were directing traffic at just one intersection. but the story on the roads was far different in montgomery county. and that's where we sent scott broom, who spent his whole day on the road. scott. >> well, i have some pretty disappointing news this afternoon. it's just the number of lights that are still out and the rate that they are being...
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. >> in chantilly, peggy fox, 9news now. >> he has been a swim team coach and now has a year round team with 600 swimmers to be fully transparent, peggy's children swim with the york team. you can join the conversation about the uniforms on our wusa9 facebook page. >>> well, you may want to make some other plans if you are trying to use metro to get to national airport. that's this weekend. that's because the reagan national airport in crystal city stations will close tonight at 10:00 p.m. shuttle buses will be provided between the bradock road. everything expected to be back open monday morning. >>> tonight at 7:00 on 9news, will he or won't he? governor martin o'malley sets a time line when he'll make a decision on a special session to add a casino at national harbor. >>> and still to come, a hide away gutted by fire. we'll take a look at the investigation going on. >>> and i'm meteorologist, topper shutt, despite all the cloud cover, we managed to make it to 90s today. 90 and 75 goes in the books. 88 and 71 are the averages. 100 is the record high set in 1954. picked up a trace of pr
. >> in chantilly, peggy fox, 9news now. >> he has been a swim team coach and now has a year round team with 600 swimmers to be fully transparent, peggy's children swim with the york team. you can join the conversation about the uniforms on our wusa9 facebook page. >>> well, you may want to make some other plans if you are trying to use metro to get to national airport. that's this weekend. that's because the reagan national airport in crystal city stations will close...
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peggy fox, 9news now. >>> and she says that the lost dog name comes from her own word, helping homeless dogs find homes. >> that is it for us. we know that you'll be all over it, anny? >> yes, stay home if you can, bring in your furniture. >>> all right, the cbs evening news is next and derek is back at 7:00. have a good night.
peggy fox, 9news now. >>> and she says that the lost dog name comes from her own word, helping homeless dogs find homes. >> that is it for us. we know that you'll be all over it, anny? >> yes, stay home if you can, bring in your furniture. >>> all right, the cbs evening news is next and derek is back at 7:00. have a good night.
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get some perspective on the colorado shooter's arsenal from peggy fox on www.wusa9.com and then join the conversation about gun control on our wusa9 facebook page. >>> joe paterno's family says today's ncaa sanctions against the penn state to defame the hall of fame coach's legacy and are a panicked response to the sex abuse scandal. this morning the athletic governing body hit the university with a $60 million fine, banned the football team from proceeds in play for the next four years and capped scholarships at 20% below the normal limit. it stripped the school of all 112 of its wins between 1998 and 2011. >> there is incredible interest in what will happen to penn state football. the fundamental story of this horrific chapter should focus on the innocent children and the powerful people who let them down. >> students currently on penn state's football team will be given the option to transfer without having to sit out for a year. >>> we found a mix of reaction to today's sanctions on campus in state! today. -- in state college today. >> reporter: i'm scott broom in state college w
get some perspective on the colorado shooter's arsenal from peggy fox on www.wusa9.com and then join the conversation about gun control on our wusa9 facebook page. >>> joe paterno's family says today's ncaa sanctions against the penn state to defame the hall of fame coach's legacy and are a panicked response to the sex abuse scandal. this morning the athletic governing body hit the university with a $60 million fine, banned the football team from proceeds in play for the next four...